Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
by Steve Richards
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Did Liz Truss have a point?
Oct 16, 2026
33m 32s
Why is it time to talk about Brexit again?
Oct 13, 2026
43m 57s
What next for Zack Polanski?
Oct 9, 2026
22m 43s
Is Kemi Badenoch the leader returning to the past?
Oct 6, 2026
39m 44s
Rock & Roll Politics Live: What has Andy Burnham unleashed?
Oct 2, 2026
1h 23m 42s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 | Did Liz Truss have a point? | The Office for Budget Responsibility continues to play a big part in pre-budget calculations - but should it? Nobody elected the OBR, as Liz Truss pointed out when she sought to bypass it…The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 33m 32s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  Why is it time to talk about Brexit again? | The consequences of Brexit have been rarely explored since Lord Frosty Frost negotiated a trade deal that was agreed chaotically on Christmas Eve 2020. Now Andy Burnham declares Brexit has caused more harm than good, and most voters agree. What will happen next? The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday Dec 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here to join the next exclusive live event on October 29th, the day after the Budget. Plus, exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, and the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 43m 57s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  What next for Zack Polanski? | Labour has won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election… but what are the implications for the Greens? And was “Kemi”’s speech to the Conservative Conference really the centrist triumph that the media reported?The next Rock & Roll Politics live show takes place on Monday Dec 7th at Kings Place, London. Get your tickets from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 22m 43s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Is Kemi Badenoch the leader returning to the past? | The Tories and the media accuse Andy Burnham of taking Britain back to the 1970s. But is Kemi Badenoch the leader who is returning again - like all Tory leaders - to Thatcherism, at a time when voters are turning against the consequences of the 1980s?The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on Monday December 7th - tickets available from the King’s Place box office.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 39m 44s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  Rock & Roll Politics Live: What has Andy Burnham unleashed? | An epic Rock & Roll Politics Live at Kings Place, the night after Burnham’s speech. Listen now to the recording of a show.The next is live on December 7th, stay tuned for more details to follow.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 23m 42s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  Will the media allow Andy Burnham to generate hope? | Burnham is a natural, confident communicator - and he has promised change. including a National Care Service. But the media noise is about the need to be ‘realistic’, which usually means right wing. The noise is loud and will be difficult to overcome. Can he?The Rock & Roll Politics co-operative will be making sense of Burnham’s key speech to the Labour conference and much more - this coming Wednesday evening, September 30th, in the main concert hall at Kings Place. It’s also streaming live. A few tickets are left in the hall, you can get them here.• Find out if you’re owed on car finance at refundclub.co.uk/steve • Refund Club is a trading style of Sandsford Law Limited, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA no. 8008114). Checking is free. A fee is payable only if your claim is successful. Eligibility: car finance taken out in the UK between 2007 and 2021. The average claim is around £829 per agreement; this is an average and not a guarantee of the amount you will receive. You can also claim yourself for free by contacting your lender or the Financial Ombudsman Service. refundclub.co.uk/steve Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 44m 09s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  How Can Burnham Deliver the Biggest Change in 40 Years? | On the eve of the Labour conference I speak to the brilliant Michael Jacobs - former adviser to Gordon Brown, founder of Compass and supporter of Mainstream, an important platform for Andy Burnham as he moved towards Number 10. Michael has published an inspiring paper with more than sixty policy proposals that he argues are feasible, and that would deliver the radical change that Burnham claims to seek.Plus another lively episode of our never ending debate, and much more.To join in the never-ending debate in the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative, email [email protected] & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Wednesday September 30th - making sense of Burnham and wider landscape the day after his big speech to the Labour Conference. Get your tickets here.• Find out if you’re owed on car finance at refundclub.co.uk/steve • Refund Club is a trading style of Sandsford Law Limited, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA no. 8008114). Checking is free. A fee is payable only if your claim is successful. Eligibility: car finance taken out in the UK between 2007 and 2021. The average claim is around £829 per agreement; this is an average and not a guarantee of the amount you will receive. You can also claim yourself for free by contacting your lender or the Financial Ombudsman Service. refundclub.co.uk/steve Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 01m 42s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  What’s the most effective slogan in modern politics? | The Rock & Roll Politics co-operative continues our never-ending debate on the economy, defence and the Israeli government as I hail the most effective slogan in British politics for decades.To join in the never-ending debate in the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative, email [email protected] & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Wednesday September 30th - at the end of Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister. Get your tickets here.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 47m 23s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  The UK economic crisis - Does anyone know what they’re talking about? | The Greek chorus of experts condemn "another tax and spend socialist government”. What does that mean? They also call for "welfare reform" to produce instant big cuts. How? The lack of clarity fuels the hysteria about an economic crisis.Rock & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Wednesday September 30th - at the end of Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister. Get your tickets here.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 53m 09s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Should Reform be allowed to spend the crypto-billionaires’ money? | Reform have received donations from crypto billionaires that amount to more than all the cash spent by the parties at the last election. Will it make a difference to the next election? Will it undermine Reform’s claim to lead ‘the people’s army’? Above all should the government stop it, even retrospectively? To join in the never-ending debate in the Rock & Roll Politics co-operative, email [email protected] & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Wednesday September 30th - at the end of Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister. Get your tickets here.• Find out if you’re owed on car finance at refundclub.co.uk/steve • Refund Club is a trading style of Sandsford Law Limited, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA no. 8008114). Checking is free. A fee is payable only if your claim is successful. Eligibility: car finance taken out in the UK between 2007 and 2021. The average claim is around £829 per agreement; this is an average and not a guarantee of the amount you will receive. You can also claim yourself for free by contacting your lender or the Financial Ombudsman Service. refundclub.co.uk/steve Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 44m 46s | ||||||
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| 9/11/26 |  Is Ed Miliband a rare example of a foreign secretary changing foreign policy? | A cathartic moment: the British government announces sanctions against Nethanyahu’s government in Israel. Ed Miliband prepared the ground assiduously and acted. While most foreign secretaries are not significant change makers, Miliband can claim to be one already.Rock & Roll Politics is live at Kings Place on Wednesday September 30th - at the end of Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister. Get your tickets here.Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a day early and ad-free. Written and presented by Steve Richards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 35m 29s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | politicschancellor speech+3 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsLabour | Kings Place | John HealeyRachel Reeves+3 | — | 46m 20s | ||
| 9/4/26 | tax debatepolitics+3 | — | WestminsterLabour | Kings Place | taxspend+5 | — | 22m 21s | ||
| 9/1/26 | politicsleadership+3 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | — | Andy BurnhamLabour Party+3 | — | 38m 05s | ||
| 8/25/26 | Labour PartyScottish politics+4 | — | SNPPlaid Cymru+2 | — | LabourScotland+6 | Refund Clubsteve | 31m 52s | ||
| 8/18/26 | politicselections+3 | — | Sandsford Law LimitedFinancial Ombudsman Service | — | Andy Burnhamearly election+3 | Refund Clubsteve | 32m 22s | ||
| 8/11/26 | political book recommendationslocal councils accountability+3 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsSandsford Law Limited | UK | political bookslocal councils+3 | Refund ClubCODE | 35m 02s | ||
| 8/4/26 | British politicsright-wing parties+3 | — | ConservativesReform UK+3 | — | British politicsConservatives+5 | Refund Clubsteve | 39m 10s | ||
| 7/28/26 | National Care Servicepolitical drama+3 | — | Acast | France | Andy BurnhamNational Care Service+5 | — | 40m 31s | ||
| 7/24/26 | politics1970s+3 | — | — | Britain | Andy Burnham1970s+5 | — | 33m 12s | ||
| 7/21/26 | politicsgovernment+3 | — | Rock N Roll Politics | Edinburgh Festival | Andy Burnhamcabinet+3 | — | 23m 35s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Keir Starmerleadership+4 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsAcast | — | Keir StarmerTony Blair+5 | — | 34m 18s | ||
| 7/14/26 | leadershippolitics+3 | — | Number 10 | — | Louise HaighAndy Burnham+3 | — | 32m 09s | ||
| 7/10/26 | politicselections+3 | Bridget Phillipson | Rock & Roll Politics | Kings PlaceLondon | FarageCount Binface+5 | — | 33m 02s | ||
| 7/7/26 | politicsdonations+3 | — | Reform | — | Nigel FarageReform+3 | carVerticalsteve20 | 35m 38s | ||
| 7/3/26 | devolutionoutsourced state+3 | — | — | — | Andy Burnhamdevolution+3 | carVerticalsteve20 | 32m 24s | ||
| 6/30/26 | politicspower transfer+3 | — | — | ShorehamLondon | Andy Burnhampower transfer+5 | carVerticalsteve20 | 33m 32s | ||
| 6/26/26 | politicsChancellor+4 | — | — | ShorehamLondon | Andy BurnhamChancellor+4 | carVerticalsteve20 | 39m 58s | ||
| 6/22/26 | politicsleadership+3 | Andy Burnham | — | Ropetackle Arts CentreKings Place | Andy Burnhampolitical spectrum+3 | carVerticalsteve20 | 42m 59s | ||
| 6/19/26 | by-electionpolitics+4 | — | Reform | MakerfieldShoreham+1 | Andy BurnhamMakerfield by-election+5 | carVerticalsteve20 | 21m 00s | ||
| 6/12/26 | defence spendingpolitical leadership+3 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | ShorehamLondon | John HealeyKeir Starmer+5 | — | 48m 27s | ||
| 6/9/26 | by-electionpolitics+4 | — | Reform | MakerfieldRopetackle Arts Centre+3 | by-electionReform candidate+5 | — | 37m 07s | ||
| 6/5/26 | politicsfar right+4 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | Kings Place | Nigel Faragepolitics+5 | — | 42m 31s | ||
| 6/2/26 | Labour Partyinternal debate+4 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsPatreon | Kings Place | Labour PartyTony Blair+4 | — | 36m 46s | ||
| 5/29/26 | Tony Blairradical centre+4 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | Kings Place | Tony Blairradical centre+3 | — | 46m 23s | ||
| 5/26/26 | political leadershipmedia stereotypes+3 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | Kings Place | Andy Burnhampolitical journalism+3 | — | 38m 44s | ||
| 5/22/26 | leadership crisisby-election+3 | — | — | — | leadership crisisKeir Starmer+5 | — | 30m 04s | ||
| 5/19/26 | Brexitpolitics+3 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsAcast | BritainEU | BrexitWes Streeting+5 | — | 29m 43s | ||
| 5/15/26 | by-electionpolitical drama+3 | — | — | — | by-electionAndy Burnham+5 | — | 40m 37s | ||
| 5/11/26 | leadershippolitics+3 | — | — | — | leadershippeople's revolt+5 | — | 19m 36s | ||
| 5/8/26 | electionspolitical change+3 | — | Labour | Kings Place | electionchange+6 | — | 23m 13s | ||
| 5/5/26 | electoral successpolitical parties+4 | — | ReformGreens | Kings PlaceLondon | ReformGreens+5 | — | 45m 00s | ||
| 5/1/26 | King CharlesTrump+4 | Morgan McSweeneyPeter Mandelson | Rock & Roll Politics | UKEurope | King CharlesTrump+7 | — | 43m 39s | ||
| 4/28/26 | political leadershipprime ministers+3 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsAcast | BritainKings Place | Britainprime minister+5 | — | 42m 04s | ||
| 4/24/26 | leadershippolitics+3 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsCambridge Literary Festival+1 | — | Keir Starmerleadership+4 | — | 51m 30s | ||
| 4/21/26 | politicsparliament+5 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsCambridge Literary Festival+1 | — | StarmerMandelson+6 | — | 31m 52s | ||
| 4/17/26 | defence spendinggovernment budget+4 | — | Labour | IranCambridge+1 | defencespending+5 | — | 37m 04s | ||
| 4/14/26 | populismpolitics+5 | — | Reform | HungaryCambridge+1 | Viktor OrbanHungary+5 | — | 30m 16s | ||
| 4/8/26 | Cabinet Governmentpolitical leadership+4 | — | Rock & Roll PoliticsCambridge Literary Festival+1 | — | Cabinet GovernmentJames Callaghan+5 | — | 33m 11s | ||
| 4/2/26 | BBCpublic broadcasting+4 | — | BBCGB News+1 | Cambridge | BBCpublic broadcaster+5 | — | 39m 24s | ||
| 3/31/26 | Labour PartyUK Politics+3 | Alan Johnson | York Literary FestivalCambridge Literary Festival+1 | — | Alan JohnsonSteve Richards+6 | — | 1h 33m 37s | ||
| 3/27/26 | energy crisismedia+3 | — | Rock & Roll Politics | Iran | energy crisismedia+5 | — | 36m 37s | ||
| 3/24/26 | centre groundpolitics+3 | Philip Collins | The ObserverCameron government+2 | — | centre groundPhilip Collins+5 | — | 36m 02s | ||
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Chart history for Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards
Peaked at #36 in United Kingdom, currently #36 in United Kingdom.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| TR | — | #62 | #62 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| AE | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| TH | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| India | — | #141 | #141 | — |
| GR | — | #148 | #148 | — |
| BE | — | #159 | #159 | — |
| IS | — | #176 | #176 | — |
Chart Positions
9 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
9 placements across 8 markets.